Beauty

The beauty of life surrounds us. In the pile of scribbles on our desk and in the setting sun. When we stop looking with our hearts and our souls, we stop seeing the beauty in all that is. We stop seeing the life that permeates our very being. We stop feeling the energy that we give off and the energy that is present in everything around us.

We can choose to critique what surrounds us..but i have found that those who do spend their energy critiquing their external world…are often critical of their inner selves. When we see the beauty within us, the beauty that transcends form or figure, we can see the beauty in others. When we love ourselves, we can love others. When we are compassionate to ourselves, we can be compassionate towards others.

There is a famous quote “be the change you wish to see in this world”…that is a paraphrase of a larger message from Mahatma Gandhi in which he says “We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.”

So, be not only the change you wish to see but embody the change you wish to see. Be the beauty you wish to see. Be the love you wish to see. Be the compassion you wish to see. As you are, so others will see. And from there, change will be.